Post-sequester airport delays pile up

Flightstats.com reported Tuesday morning that 287 flights had been canceled and 4,842 flights delayed on Sunday, and that 400 flights had been canceled and 6,997 delayed on Monday, as furloughs of air traffic controllers began. The furloughs come from mandatory cuts in federal funding post-sequester.

Some airports saw significant delays on Monday. Here’s the list from flightstats.com showing the percentage of delayed flights:

LGA New York, NY, US – 52.67%

FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL, US – 48.84%

MCO Orlando, FL, US – 47.29%

TPA Tampa, FL, US – 43.04%

DEN Denver, CO, US – 41.70%

EWR Newark, NJ, US – 41.34%

JFK New York, NY, US – 36.89%

MIA Miami, FL, US – 32.26%

CLT Charlotte, NC, US – 31.20%

MDW Chicago, IL, US – 28.67%

Early Tuesday, more airports seemed to be operating normally. Albany International Airport has nonstop flights to at least half of the cities above. A flight delay map is here.